The Indiana state employee every woman should know

9:05 AM,
Oct. 13, 2013

Executive Director of the Indiana Commission for Women Kristin Garvey has spearheaded a study of what issues most impact Indiana's women. They listed health care, leadership, caregiving, work-based issues and violence as those that concern them most.

Written by

Shari Rudavsky
shari.rudavsky@indystar.com

Who knew that Indiana has a Commission for Women? Kristin Garvey, for one, who has headed up the agency for the past five and a half years.

Before this, Garvey spent 19 years at the International Center, where she found herself steeped in cultural difference and drawn to women's groups. Now, she leads the commission, whose charge is to understand the needs and concerns of women throughout the state.

Last year, the group asked 1,200 women from around the state what issues are the most pressing. Health-related issues, work-based issues, caregiving, leadership and violence against women ...